Court Painter to the Counter Culture
Sean BW Parker
Worthing, UK
BIOGRAPHY
Sean Bw Parker (MA) is an artist, writer and musician specialising in art, cultural theory and justice reform. After gaining a Masters degree in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in 2003 he lived and recorded in Istanbul for ten years, has published a number of books, albums and articles, performed at or curated festivals, given a TED talk, had paintings displayed at London’s South Bank and other exhibitions, and won awards for his work. He was born in Exeter in 1975 and currently lives on the West Sussex coast.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My visual art mode is largely painting, with occasional deviations into graphic design, short films and book and album covers. The ten years I spent living and working in Istanbul 2004-14 influence my work, as does the work I have done in justice reform since 2018. My paintings are generally in acrylic, ink and watercolour, and are sometimes associated with surrealism and neo-impressionism. Faces, bodies and shapes form new relationships via colour juxtapositions and freehand lines. The moment is more important than literal representation, and verisimilitude is sensed by the viewer, not imposed by the artist. My work in painting and poetry tends to be 'make, then see what I've made' – concept follows production, via the subconscious. My new motto is if ‘it doesn’t look like it could have been made by AI, then it’s successful’.
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